<p>I was just wondering if it’d be more of a disadvantage or an advantage to go to a school who’s never had anyone accepted to Harvard, cuz my school’s a public school in Chicago who’s only in its 6th year and we’ve only had like 3 graduates who got into an Ivy. Supposedly we are the number 1 high school in the state according to like the Chicago Sun Times or something, based on ACT test scores ( the average for our class this year is like a 28.5 or something woot!), but that’s a really stupid and pointless measure of the “best” school. Anyways, I can see how it would be a disadvantage since Harvard has no experience with students from our school, but could it also be an advantage as well since it’s, well, “fresh blood”?
I mean, in general, do you guys think that a school like Harvard who no doubt values legacies and relations with schools like Andover and Exeter like to see people from a new school? It just seems like H likes New England prep schools so much more than new public schools.</p>
<p>oh btw, if the dec.10 rumor does end up being true, we EA’ers will, in three hours, find out the day after TOMORROW! man, just to use the word “tomorrow” is so scary and exciting at the same time.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think what school you come from makes a difference. Mostly what matters is your personal character, activities, passions, all that nonsense. Last year, 1 person from my school was accepted. The year before that, 3 people; and for the 4 years before that, no one. So you never know, it all depends on you.</p>
<p>day after tomorrow is thursday, december 9</p>
<p>yeah, I said “in three hours”, when it will be midnight. I realize it sounds sort of crazy with the whole three hours, but just to use tomorrow in the same sentence as admissions decision just blows my mind</p>
<p>when i read ‘fresh blood’ i was thinking vampires. like a ventrue coterie. they could call it camarilla, cambridge ma.</p>